March 28, 2013

Students and leadership studies faculty volunteered and presented at the third Universities Fighting World Hunger, or UFWH, Summit in Overland Park this month. The summit is an annual event that engages students, faculty, administrators and community organizations in conversations about the role of higher education in fighting world hunger.

This year, more than 250 people attended the summit. Keynote speakers included Alastair Summerlee, president of the University of Guelph; Ritu Sharma, co-founder of Women Thrive Worldwide, and Max Finberg, acting director of the USDA Office of Tribal Relations. Twenty-five Kansas State University students and seven leadership studies faculty engaged in the summit as volunteers, presenters and attendees.